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Joe's Pizza is great; I ate there Saturday (a very cold day). That sounds terrific--I was just too tired Friday to stay up too late (got up at 5 a.m. and flew from Dallas to NYC on Friday).

January 24, 2015: Triosence, Trinity Jazz Festival, Houston February 3, 2015: Eddie Gomez, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, The Rauschenberg Project, Cullen Theater, Houston February 22, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio February 25, 2015: Rebirth Brass Band, Gas Monkey, Dallas March 6, 2015: John Pizzarelli, Allen Theater, Texas Tech, Lubbock March 6-7, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Cezanne, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Xuefei Yang, Alexander Clark Center, UTD, Dallas March 13, 2015: Cedric Burnside, Brass Monkey, Shreveport March 13-17, 2015: Benny Turner, Peggy Stern, Cettina Donato, Marcelo Fruet (Brazil), Mekaal Hasan (Pakistan), 숨[suːm] (Korea), SXSW, Austin March 20-21, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, TCU Jazz Festival, Fort Worth March 21, 2015: Cyrus Chestnut, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas March 27, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Dallas March 28, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston March 29, 2015: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio April 4, 2015: Ustad Nishat Khan (sitar), Gouri Shankar (tabla), Allen Public Library April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 11, 2015: Joe Locke, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Dell Hall, Austin April 17, 2015: Butch Miles, Jonsson Performance Hall, UTD, Dallas April 17, 2015: Branford Marsalis, One World Theater, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houston April 22-26, 2015: Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 25, 2014: Rahul Sharma (santoor), Austin April 25, 2015: Cassandra Wilson, Kenny Garrett, Vieux Farka Toure, Robert Cray, Ellis Marsalis, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 26, 2015: Henry Butler Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, Victor Goines and Faubourg Quartet Present Charlie Parker with Strings, NOJHF April 30, 2015: Monty Alexander, NOJHF May 1, 2015: Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Charles Lloyd Quartet, Terrance Blanchard, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Allen Public Library May 3, 2015: Niiadri Kumar, Austin May 3, 2015: Buddy Guy, Christian McBride Big Band, Jason Marsalis, NOJHF May 15, 2015: Vijay Iyer, solo and with Brentano String Quartet, Tobin Center, Alvarez Studio, San Antonio May 24, 2015: Randy Weston and Company, Tobin Center, Riverwalk Plaza, San Antonio June 5-6, 2015: T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview

We heard a lot of the same stuff the first night--I enjoyed both David Murray sets (the trio with Geri Allen and Terry Lynne Carrrington especially); Trio 3 was really good; and the Mark Ribot set was fun as well (Jamaaladeen Tacuma I had not seen him since the mid-1980s, he sounded great), though my ears were blasted by the end of their set, so I didn't stay for the Lurie set. I liked what I heard of Mary Halvorson in the Mark Ribot set but there wasn't enough of it.

Because only a small part of their brains still function.

Alice Coltrane, Lord of Lords (Impulse), and Joe Harriott--John Mayer Double Quintet, Indo-Jazz Fusions (Atlantic).

You should, she's good (Crash Trio and/or Second Cycle).

You are a couple of hours from New Orleans? It's worth it to travel to hear music.

Art Blakey, A Night at Birdland, volume 2 (W. 63rd/NY USA). Another battered copy; vivid sound but with lots of surface noise.

Dewey Redman, The Ear of the Behearer (Impulse)

I'm nervous about having to cancel this trip at the last minute (too much going on in my job), but my tentative schedule is similar to yours. 1/09 6:15: ? 7:30: David Murray Clarinet Summit 8:45: David Murray/Geri Allen/Terri Lyne Carrington 10:00: Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille) 11:15: Mark Ribot and the Young Philadelphians (excited at prospect of hearing Jamaladeen Tacuma live again after many years) 12:15: Uri Caine/Han Bennick 1:30: Aaron Parks Little Big 1/10 6:15: Kavita Shah 7:30: Amina Claudine Myers 8:45: The Cookers 10:00: Rudresh Mahanthappa 11:30: Mino Cinelu World Jazz Ensemble 12:45: Nasheet Waits Equality Quartet 1/11: I haven't decided between Jean Michel Pilc (Somethin' Jazz Club), Stefan Harris (Jazz Standard), Kenny Werner (the Stone), or Kurt Rosenwinkel (Village Vanguard).

Kenny Barron-Jimmy Owens Quintet, You Had Better Listen (Atlantic mono), and Gato Barbieri, Chapter 3: Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse promo).

I recall once that I was seated in the front row, right next to Howard Johnson, who was playing tuba with Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, and seeing that he was packing up at the end of the night right by me, I made the mistake of making some praising comment about how greatly I had enjoyed his playing on tuba that night, to which he replied something to the effect--what do you know you idiot, you haven't heard anybody.

I'm mailing a contribution this morning.

January 7, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth January 14, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth January 16, 2014: Mike Stern and Eric Johnson, Dosey Doe, Houston January 17, 2015: Vijay Iyer, Carver Center, San Antonio January 17, 2014: Mike Stern and Eric Johnson, Granada Theater, Dallas January 17, 2015: Peter Evans/Sam Pluta, 14 Pews, Houston January 21, 2015: Thomas Strønen and Iain Ballamy, North Door, Austin January 21, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth January 24, 2015: Triosence, Trinity Jazz Festival, Houston February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, The Rauschenberg Project, Cullen Theater, Houston February 22, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio February 25, 2015: Rebirth Brass Band, Gas Monkey, Dallas March 6, 2015: John Pizzarelli, Allen Theater, Texas Tech, Lubbock March 6-7, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Cezanne, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Xuefei Yang, Alexander Clark Center, UTD, Dallas March 20-21, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, TCU Jazz Festival, Fort Worth March 21, 2015: Cyrus Chestnut, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas March 27, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Dallas March 28, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston March 29, 2015: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio April 4, 2015: Ustad Nishat Khan (sitar), Gouri Shankar (tabla), Allen Public Library April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 11, 2015: Joe Locke, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Dell Hall, Austin April 17, 2015: Butch Miles, Jonsson Performance Hall, UTD, Dallas April 17, 2015: Branford Marsalis, One World Theater, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houston April 22-26, 2015: Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 24-May 3, 2015: Charles Lloyd Quartet (May 2), New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 2, 2015: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Allen Public Library May 15, 2015: Vijay Iyer, solo and with Brentano String Quartet, Tobin Center, Alvarez Studio, San Antonio May 24, 2015: Randy Weston and Company, Tobin Center, Riverwalk Plaza, San Antonio June 5-6, 2015: T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview

Hank Crawford, The Soul Clinic (Atlantic), and The Two Sides of Benji Aronoff (Prestige).

I don't have the George Adams box set but I do have the recordings in CD and/or LP form. There are three Pullen/Adams/Richmond/Brown recordings--one studio and two live. The other two albums are a different group (and a very fine group it is), with Adams paired with Jimmy Knepper in the front line, Hugh Lawson on piano, Mike Richmond on bass, and Dannie Richmond. I do have the Don Pullen box set, which has a diverse set of seven LPs. There are two solo piano outings, a duo recording with Don Moye,, a trio with Joseph Jarman and Don Moye, two different quartet recordings (Bobby Battle on both, with Sam Rivers and Alex Blake on one, and Chico Freeman and Fred Hopkins on another), and finally a quintet with Bobby Battle and Fred Hopkins again, plus Donald Harrison and Olu Dara.

Ray Bryant, Lonesome Traveler (Cadet)

I received three of these sets for Christmas (Oliver Lake, Paul Bley and Art Farmer), and I'm happy about it!

Gato Barbieri, Chapter One: Latin America (Impulse)

McCoy Tyner, Tender Moments (Blue Note/Liberty)

December 26, 2014: Mike Moreno, Stephen Marchione Studio, Houston January 7, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth January 16, 2014: Mike Stern and Eric Johnson, Dosey Doe, Houston January 17, 2015: Vijay Iyer, Carver Center, San Antonio January 17, 2014: Mike Stern and Eric Johnson, Granada Theater, Dallas January 17, 2015: Peter Evans/Sam Pluta, 14 Pews, Houston January 21, 2015: Thomas Strønen and Iain Ballamy, North Door, Austin January 24, 2015: Tutu Jones, Babb Bros. January 24, 2015: Triosence, Trinity Jazz Festival, Houston February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, The Rauschenberg Project, Cullen Theater, Houston February 22, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio February 25, 2015: Rebirth Brass Band, Gas Monkey, Dallas March 6, 2015: John Pizzarelli, Allen Theater, Texas Tech, Lubbock March 6, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Cezanne, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Xuefei Yang, Alexander Clark Center, UTD, Dallas March 20-21, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, TCU Jazz Festival, Fort Worth March 21, 2015: Cyrus Chestnut, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas March 27, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Dallas March 28, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston March 29, 2015: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio April 4, 2015: Ustad Nishat Khan (sitar), Gouri Shankar (tabla), Allen Public Library April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 11, 2015: Joe Locke, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Dell Hall, Austin April 17, 2015: Butch Miles, Jonsson Performance Hall, UTD, Dallas April 17, 2015: Branford Marsalis, One World Theater, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houston April 22-26, 2015: Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 24-May 3, 2015: Charles Lloyd Quartet (May 2), New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 2, 2015: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Allen Public Library May 15, 2015: Vijay Iyer, solo and with Brentano String Quartet, Tobin Center, Alvarez Studio, San Antonio May 24, 2015: Randy Weston and Company, Tobin Center, Riverwalk Plaza, San Antonio June 5-6, 2015: T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview

The sound on this is a lot better than I expected--it's one of the best Uptown releases.

Jazz Lonnie Smith Trio, Carver Center, San Antonio, and New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festval Wayne Shorter Quartet, Cullen Theater, Houston Francisco Mora Catlett and Afro Horn (Alex Harding, Sam Newsome, Hilliard Greene, Ramon Diaz, Aruan Ortiz), Latino Cultural Center, Dallas Dave Burrell, Christ Church Cathedral, Houston Charles Lloyd and Gerald Clayton, Trinity University, San Antonio Pharoah Sanders (William Henderson), New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party, Carver Center, San Antonio and 96th Street and Fifth Avenue, New York David Schnitter Quartet, Smalls, New York Ari Hoenig Time Quintet (Tivon Pennicott, Shai Maestro, Gilad Hekselman), Smalls, New York Doug Carn Quintet (Lonnie Plaxico, Stacy Dillard, Duane Eubanks), Zinc Bar, New York Ben Allison (Steve Cardenas, Brandon Seabrook, Allison Miller), Cornelia Street Cafe, New York Stanley Jordan, University Presbyterian Church, Austin Philip Harper, Smalls, New York Kenny Rampton Octet, Smalls, New York Abdullah Ibrahim, Carnegie Hall Gil Evans Monday Night Orchestra (Miles Evans leader), Zinc Bar, New York Non-Jazz Mauricio Tizumba and Tambour Mineiro (Minas Gerais, Brazil)--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Tinariwen (Mali)--Granada Theater, Dallas Youssou N'Dour (Senegal)--Winspear Opera House, Dallas Kala Ramnath (India)--St. Edwards University, Austin Ramesh Misra and Snehashish Mazumder (India), Allen Public Library Lucky Peterson (blues), Granada Theater, Dallas Tutu Jones (blues), Babb Bros., Dallas Lurie Bell and Eddie Clearwater (blues), T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview

George Braith, Extension (Blue Note, NY USA)

The Les Spann is a very nice album and not too well known. I first came across Spann on "Side by Side"which was the first Ellington album I ever heard. I still have a soft spot for it. I don't find Spannn especially individual but Gemini is fine session which was recorded pretty well , even if my Jazzland pressing isn't too hot. I like it also; It is nicely recorded and this copy appears little played; I was lucky to find it at Academy Records in New York a couple of months ago--and a bargain at $12.